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World Crop FACE Workshop 2012
— Satellite Meeting of MARCO symposium 2012—
July 9-12, 2012, Tsukuba, Japan
Scope and objectives
Free-Air CO2 enrichment (FACE) experiment in the agricultural fields provides us with a unique experimental platform for the global change studies. Currently, however, there are only six large-scale FACE experiments on agricultural crops running in the world, despite our major challenges to feed the population that is projected to reach 9 billion before 2050. Atmospheric CO2 concentration is expected to rise all around the world, but the magnitude of the effects on agriculture will depend on various factors including climate, crops, soil and agricultural practices, so that tighter collaborations are urgently needed amongst crop FACEs. The World Crop FACE Workshop 2012 is going to be the first opportunity for all the active crop FACE groups to get together. In the workshop, participants are expected to introduce their results and discuss about future collaboration. This workshop is held as a satellite meeting of the MARCO ( http://www.naro.affrc.go.jp/archive/niaes/marco/ ) symposium 2012.
Period: 9-12, July, 2012
Venue: International Conference Center, Epochal Tsukuba.
2-20-3, Takezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0032, Japan
Tel: +81-29(861)0001 Fax: +81-29(861)1209
Host: National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Japan
Participants:
Tsukuba FACE (Japan), FAL FACE (Germany), China Rice-wheat FACE (China), Soy FACE (USA), AGFACE (Australia), Grazed grassland FACE (NZ), Durum wheat FACE (Italy), Hochenheim mini FACE (Germany), IRRI
Program
July 9 (9:30-17:30)
I. A brief introduction of each FACE site activity and challenge
II. Methodological challenges
1. Brief introduction of FACE control
2. Challenges for controlling other environmental variables
July 10 (9:00-17:30)
III. Scientific challenges
1. Genotype and CO2 interaction
2. CO2 × other environmental factors (T, H2O, O3 etc)
July 11 (9:00-17:30)
3. Agro-ecosystem responses
4. Modelling CO2 responses
July 12 (9:00-12:00)
IV. Future collaboration
(13:00-)
V. Excursion (to the Japan FACE site)
July 13-15
Optional long-distance excursion to China FACE at Jiangdu, Jansu Province
Contact: thase-Tsukuba_FACE_WS@affrc.go.jp